Herbal medicine use among Moroccan type 2 diabetes patients in the Beni Mellal-Khenifra region

The use of plants in the traditional treatment of diabetes patients: survey in southern Morocco

“…Indeed, 24.6% of the respondents used herbal medicine to treat their diabetes and 83% consumed medicinal plants in association with pharmaceutical drugs. This was in accordance with several studies, which reported the interest of diabetic patients in medicinal plants to treat their diabetes in Morocco (Eddouks et al, 2002;Tahraoui et al, 2007;Skalli et al, 2019 ;Alami et al, 2015;Laadim et al, 2017 ;Barkaoui et al, 2017;Katiri et al, 2017;Mrabti et al, 2019;Chetoui et al, 2021) and in other countries (Bell et al, 2006;Otoom et al, 2006;Inanç et al, 2007;Khalaf and Whitford, 2010;Ali-Shtayeh et al, 2012;Ching et al, 2013;Kamel et al, 2017;Mekuria et al, 2018). Sociodemographic data indicated that more than 80% of diabetic patients who used medicinal plants are aged 38 years and above.…”

“…The distribution by sex showed that women (61.8%) used herbal medicine more often than men, although this is not statistically significant (p= 0.05). In comparison with other Moroccan regions, the more frequent users of plants were women with the respective percentages of 81% (Skalli et al, 2019), 74.5% (Chetoui et al, 2021) and 58.5% (Alami et al, 2015). Similar findings were also reported in elsewhere in the world (Ogbera et al, 2010;Amaeze et al, 2018).…”

Ethnopharmacological Survey, Mineral and Chemical Content, In Vitro Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Activities of Aqueous and Organic Extracts of Chamaerops humilis L. var. argentea Andre Leaves

“…In Algeria, an ethnopharmacological study was conducted on the species Chamaerops humilis [ 16 ] and another on the chemical composition of the species Chamaerops humilis [ 17 ], and finally, another ethnobotanical study was conducted still in Algeria on Chamaerops humilis variety argentea André but without going to pharmacological tests to assess the traditional uses mentioned by the respondents [ 18 ]. Studies have declared the use of the plant in phytotherapy; the aerial part is against pyelonephritis and prostatitis [ 19 ]; the fruits and roots are also used to treat type 2 diabetes [ 20 ], the plant is also used for the treatment of digestive system disorders and in veterinary medicine [ 21 ]; the fruits are used as antidiarrheal medicine [ 22 ] and to treat digestive system disorders in general [ 23 ]. Digestive disorders are typically associated with a long line of acute and chronic human diseases [ 24 ].…”

In Vitro Antimitotic and Hypoglycemic Effect Study and Acute Toxicity Assessment of the Aqueous and Organic Extracts of Chamaerops humilis L. var. argentea Andre

“…argentea Andre is widely distributed and used by the local population in basketry for the manufacture of the doum basket, the palm heart is consumed as a seasonal fruit, and the leaves are used to feed the livestock [15,18]. C. humilis is also used in traditional medicine to treat various pathologies including cancer [15,19,20] and diabetes [15,[21][22][23][24] and for the treatment of digestive disorders [15,19]. Additionally, Chamaerops humilis is naturally abundant in the chemical compounds including gallic tannins, steroids and terponoids, saponins, and reducing sugars [19].…”